Manna
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Manna, sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is described in the Bible and the Quran as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-ye
The Gathering of the Manna by James Tissot
Pine branch with Marchalina hellenica honeydew
Tamarix gallica
Syrup of Kurdish manna also known as gezo consumed as food in Kurdistan
Bdellium
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Bdellium is a semi-transparent oleo-gum resin extracted from Commiphora wightii plants, and from Commiphora africana trees growing in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Pliny the best quality came from
Manna
…was melted by the heat of the Sun, and that it was like a coriander seed in size, but white in colour. Numbers describes it as having the appearance of bdellium, adding that the Israelites ground it and pounded it into cakes, which were then baked, resulting in something that tasted like cakes baked with oil…
Bdellium resin
Commiphora wightii